JATROPHA CURCAS: A POTENTIAL PLANT FOR BIO-FUEL SHIKHA ROY AND ASHWINI KUMAR Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 Energy Plantation Demonstration project…

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION IN INDIA ASHWINI KUMAR AND NEETU VIJAY Bio-Technology Lab, Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 Energy Plantation Demonstration…

STUDIES ON LATICIFER DEVELOPMENT IN CALOTROPIS PROCERA AN IMPORTANT PLANT YIELDING HYDROCARBON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ITS GROWTH POTENTIAL. ASHWINI KUMAR AND NEETU VIJAY Bio-Technology Lab, Department of…

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Scientific Name Oroxylum indicum Vent Family Bignoniaceae Used Part Bark Distribution Area Found throughout the greater part of India up to an altitude of 1,200 m. Common Uses . The root bark…

Scientific Name Amomum subulatum Roxb. Family Zingiberaceae Used Part Fruit Distribution Area A tall, perennial herb, with leafy stems, up to 2.5 m in height, found in the eastern Himalayas and…

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